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Voices of Experience: Microgrids for Resiliency
This report in the 'Voices of Experience' series compiles lessons learned from utilities, communities, and developers about using microgrids to enhance resilience against grid disruptions. It covers topics such as microgrid design, technology selection, financing, regulatory consi...
NREL, S. NLR
Oct 31, 2020
The Interruption Cost Estimate (ICE) Calculator
Developed by the U.S. Department of Energy, Berkeley Lab, and Resource Innovations, the ICE Calculator estimates the economic costs associated with power outages for residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Users input outage duration, frequency, and customer characteris...
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, R.
Dec 31, 2025
Valuing Resilience for Microgrids: Challenges, Innovative Approaches, and State Needs
A comprehensive report by NARUC and partners examines how microgrids can enhance resilience and the challenges of valuing that resilience. It clarifies that a microgrid is a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources that can operate connected to or islanded fr...
Rickerson, W. et al National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Jan 31, 2022
Evaluation of MVDC Electrical Interties Connecting Remote Communities: an Alaska Case Study
This Alaska Center for Energy and Power report presents a techno-economic case study of interconnecting two remote, islanded power systems via a 25-mile electrical intertie. Using HOMER Pro models (including scenarios with energy storage), the analysis compares AC and DC intertie ...
Chamberlin, M. et al University of Alaska Fairbanks
Aug 21, 2023
The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska: Advancing Clean, Resilient, and Sovereign Energy Summary Report of Communities LEAP Activities
The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska (ITKN) is a federally recognized Native American Tribe located along the Missouri River on the border of northeast Kansas and southeastern Nebraska. There are over 800 residents (Tribal citizens and non-Tribal) who live on the reservation, as ...
Jimenez, T. et al NLR
Dec 31, 2023
REopt
REopt is a techno-economic optimization platform developed by NREL that recommends optimal sizes and dispatch strategies for distributed energy resources including solar photovoltaics, wind turbines, batteries, and thermal technologies based on site specific load profiles, utility...
NLR
Dec 31, 2025
How Microgrids for Data Centers Increase Resilience, Optimize Costs and Improve Sustainability
This Schneider Electric white paper discusses the benefits of deploying microgrids at data centers. It analyzes how microgrids provide resilience during grid outages, integrate onsite renewables and storage to reduce energy costs, and support sustainability goals through emissions...
Baumann, C. Schneider Electric
Jul 26, 2020
Microgrid Program Strategy
The Strategy development process began with microgrid experts deliberating on areas the Strategy should focus on for impactful results. These deliberations led to the development of seven strategic white papers, one for each of the six strategic RandD areas identified and one addi...
Ferreira, S. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Mar 30, 2026
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uGrid: Reliable Minigrid Design and Planning Toolset for Rural Electrification
Introduces uGrid, an open-source minigrid design and planning toolset created with minigrid developers to support rural electrification. Integrates equipment sizing and resource allocation with uGridNet for distribution network layout and reliability cost–benefit analysis, inclu...
Cicilio, P. et al Oregon State University
Nov 10, 2019
Clean Energy for Resilient Communities: Expanding Solar Generation in Baltimore's Low-Income Neighborhoods
Commissioned by the Abell Foundation and authored by the Clean Energy Group, this report explores how solar energy can improve resilience in low-income neighborhoods in Baltimore. It evaluates opportunities for installing solar PV and storage on community buildings, examines finan...
Sanders, R. and Milford, L. Clean Energy Group (Prepared for the Abell Foundation)
Jan 31, 2014
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